Fletch

Post it here I say.

Bloody idiot shouldn't act like a tw@t with such an obvious advert to his location on the van.

The Woman

Why? What did you want to achieve with that? Blind him while he attempts a dangerous move?

Don't get me wrong, I agree the guy was an idiot. Therefore what would flashing achieve or are you also trying to give him a lesson? If he is an idiot, forget it. Report it Anything else is aggravation.
This is part of driving defensively too ( I am still trying to improve on that myself ).

steve_the_greek

Agree totally.
If you drive in a manner that doesn't make them think you're going to overtake (e.g. don't accelerate right up to their bumper then stamp on the brakes), and totally gun it past them when the time's right, you are very unlikely to have a problem.

j8mie

This does seem to occur more and more these days, and dare I say it, the culprits are nearly always 4x4 and MPV drivers. It's must be a jealously thing.

Best to drop it down a gear or two and nip past them and don't give them the chance to do anything stupid.

I had a guy do this to me once, after he pulled out in front of me. Instead of slamming on the brakes I just drove round him, he then tried to speed up and drive into the side of me. I stopped at the next roundabout, got out the car and slammed my fist into his window, and made my feelings perfectly clear. He looked very sheepish, and never looked at me. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but with any luck he won't ever try it again. I drove off feeling better about myself.

LTB

Those 4 or 5 roundabouts on the A27 around Chichester come to mind.

gaddafi

yep

and the deathtraps on the A259 near Rustington/Focus/Sainsburys

Moggy

How long before cars have front and rear cameras.

I don't agree with flooring it to overtake all the time. You have comitted yourself and are generally exceeding the speed limit by some degree. There are situations where it is better to do it slowly.

I don't indicate and I don't know why people bother (unless there are several cars behind you that appear to want to overtake a particularly slow car).

gaddafi

you shouldn't need to now you own a proper fast car

where's the pics?

GarethB

I think it's ok to break the limit to overtake as long as you get back to the limit after the manouevre.... may be wrong though.

No matter what the car, people seem to think they're F1 drivers when it comes to roundabouts, start off wide, clip the apex and straighten it out.

I assume this is going to happen so hang back and out accelerate them as we exit.

Moggy

[QUOTE=gaddafi,Aug 23 2006, 01:34 PM]
you shouldn't need to now you own a proper fast car